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labor
Part of speech: NounToll or exertion, physical or mental; the whole class of workers employed in the actual production of wealth as distinguished from those who supply money or mental work; as, the relations between capital and labor are difficult to adjust; a task; effort; difficulty; pain; the act of bearing a child.
Part of speech: VerbTo use muscular strength or mental effort; to toil; be hard- pressed; take pains; move slowly; pitch and roll heavily, as a ship in a storm; suffer the pains of childbirth.
Usage examples "labor":- But the reading was very hard labor. - "In Wild Rose Time", Amanda M. Douglas.
- And though we labor with a will the work seems never done. - "The Girl Wanted", Nixon Waterman.
- In addition to this he must do all of the actual physical labor. - "The Principles of Scientific Management", Frederick Winslow Taylor.